Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-11
PASTE JeWELRY IS POPULAR.
some Of the Clever limitations and How
They arc Manufactured

Some Of the Clever limitations and How
They arc Manufactured.
| "The number ct imitation diamonds
worn these days Is enormous" said q
fashionable jeweler on Broadway TO a re-
porter.
What limitations are most worn"'
"The double diamond, clever imita-
I ton produced by splitting a worthless or
defective stone and backing it with tinfoil
Diamonds of this kind have to be carefully
mounted or else detection will be easy
/ The business of intensifying the sparkle Of
pale, cheap diamond is now reduced to
a science. Gems are frequently split in
two, a deeper tone OF color introduced and
/ they are joined together again, producing u
stone that has a beautiful fire and that
which sells for three or four times its
original value. The 'Goublet' business is
extremely profitable, but, of course, no
reputable dealer can afford TO sell any
without injuring his trade and reputation.
A lapidary, one ZocolinO, invented the
/ 'doublet' many years ago. He used bit
! Of crystal as a bottom to a makeup, and
| painted it with transparent glue. He then
| Joined together two cheap thin stones, and
produced gem that appeared finer than
the real 1t was not long before his
method WAS detected
"The quartz gems are popular and come
next to the 'dOubletS' in clever counterfeit
| They are gems of course of their kind, but
not what they are often sold for. Quartz
can stand the test of the file, which glass
cannot do, hence its availability. There
are other stones and certain varieties of
| topaz which are as hard as diamonds; and
being colOrless they are frequently cut and
! polished and passed as diamonds of the
! first water. OF late colorleSs gem material
has gone up in prices, owing TO the de-
mand from the bogus diamond manufact-
urers. Then there are the paste diamonds,
so easily taken by amateurs for genuine.
| The composition Of paste gems is a mix
ture of violin glass and borax- These
manufactured stones are very hard to de-
tect, and sometimes find their way into
rich families who are unwittingly imposed
upon. The glittering gems that can be
seen on Broadway after the matinees are
over, half the time are clever limitations,
| either doublets, quartz or paste.
But at the swell society balls confess
the gems worn there by the wealthy are
! genuine. Extremely wealthy people are
not easily imposed upon; they always have
| a jeweler who examines carefully their
gems before they are purchased. The very
moderately well-to-do people are often de-
csived, and young men who want diamonds
to sparkle before their sweethearts. Some
Of them, though, go boldly and ask for the
| limitations and disport them as genuine.
Mock pearls are frequently seen, too, but
| the diamond is initiated more than any
precious stone. The ruby is sometimes
manufactured from recipe which COM
prises twenty parts Of antimony and glass,
| 500 of strass, half each of purple of
Cassium and gold. Aventurine is also a
gem glass frequently used in limitations.
| These limitations Of course have some effect
upon the sale of genuine gems, but not to
an extent that is ruinous. think, though,
that ali jewelers. who sell limitations should
deal exclusively in such goods and so ad-
vertise. The harm comes from the attempt
! to palm off oounterfeits for real stones. 49,
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